NSW Premier Cricket: Players of the Week, Rd 1 wrap, Sydney grade results, records

Head-turning batting, surprise results and a special performance from a veteran saw NSW Premier Cricket kick off with a bang. Sydney first grade cricket round 1 wrap and Players of the Week.

Sydney cricketer Ryan Felsch matched a record by the great Victor Trumper last season as the only player to twice hit 12 sixes – or more – in an innings.

This season Felsch, now in his 12th year with Sydney Cricket Club and living at Ashfield, produced the best all around performance of any cricketer in Sydney first grade on the opening weekend of the competition.

Ryan Felsch was one of the stars of the opening round of NSW Premier Cricket.

The 28-year-old, whose team won the Belvidere Cup last season, took 4-37 and then made 53 off 44 balls in Sydney’s win over Sydney University. Felsch hit six sixes - including four in one over from Hayden Kerr - but no fours.

“To come out against Sydney Uni, a great team, like that and win first out of the gate is very pleasing for us,” Felsch said. “The goal I want for us is to go back to back this season.

“It’s a good time for us. We have a lot of really good young talent even though we lost a fair bit of experience.”

Ben Manenti is now playing in Tasmania. t

Missing from Sydney this season are the likes of BBL gun Ben Manenti and Anthony Mosca, who have both moved to Tasmania for their cricket.

Also absent from first grade is Daniel Smith, Harry Manenti and the retired Nick Bills.

ST GEORGE CELEBRATES CENTENARY OF ENTRY TO SYDNEY FIRST GRADE

St George celebrated the centenary of its entry into the first-grade competition with a win against Parramatta in a match that had an unusual start when Peter Francis opened the bowling with two wides to Ben Abbott before bowling him out on the third.

Nick Stapleton took a wicket in each of his first two overs and Parramatta, then 3-6, could only manage 204, thanks to 56 off 64 balls (four sixes, three fours) from Scott Copperfield. Matthew Hopkins topscored with 60 which took him past 4000 runs to 4051 at 31.40.

St George beat Parramatta in a historic match in round one of NSW Premier Cricket.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET RD 1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

#Luke Ohrynowsky racked up his sixth century (109) and added 212 for the third wicket with teenager Yuvraj Sharma (94 not out) as Fairfield-Liverpool recovered from 2-2 to beat Penrith (9-220).

#Arjun Nair was the standout bowler of the match with 3-29.

Great win first up for the 🦁 chasing @PenrithCC 9/220 finishing up 3/221 . Great partnership getting them home in the 48th over.
Luke ohrynowski 109 and yuvi sharma 94no steering the 🦁 home.

— Fairfield Liverpool 🏏 (@FairfieldLions) November 6, 2021

#Parramattas Scott Copperfield scored 56 which took him to 2511 at 25.88.

# Sydney’s Matthew Rodgers, in at 1-33, contributed 79 not out, to help Sydney to their 5-204 victory over Sydney Uni.

#Bankstown player Jake Cormack’s 75 represented 50 per cent of Bankstown’s total. In at 3-18 and the seventh out at 134, he scored 64.65 per cent of the runs scored.

#Scott Rodgie, who contributed 40 not out with the bat, took 4-18 for Northern District to reduce Manly Warringah from 2-55 to 6-67. His final three wickets came in the space of seven balls over two overs with the four wickets taking him to 201 first-grade wickets at 30.31.

A win & loss today in our season opener @questevents_aus Play in the Day. 1s never got going & were thoroughly outplayed by the Rangers. 2s had a great win in what was a sea-sawing match, O’Sullivan with 72 was the difference, while Seward was outstanding with the ball #bleedbluepic.twitter.com/h859zWEAh8

— Manly Cricket (@MWDCC) November 6, 2021

# Opener Jack James produced a big hitting performance for his second first-grade century (101) as UTS-North Sydney made 4-336 against Western Suburbs. James put on 115 with Tom Jagot for the first wicket and 107 with Justin Avendano for the second. It was one of only two centuries in round one.

#Jagot, one of the competitions top scorers last season, scored 64, and Avendano hit 67 off 44 balls which included five sixes and five fours.

#Western Suburbs player Joshua Clarke scored 79 for his 50th first-grade half-century.

#UTS North Sydney’s Robert Aitken, 46, finished with 5-42 off nine overs against Western Suburbs. Aitken was playing in his 494 first grade match and this was the 14th time he has taken five wickets in an innings.

NSW PREMIER CRICKET ROUND ONE RESULTS

Mosman 2/198 PJ Forrest 84* MM Moran 47 HJ Dalton 45* def Randwick Petersham 8/194 (cc) P Gaur 34 T Affleck 32* R Ayre 26 MM Moran 3/19 EA Eales 2/45 at Allan Border Oval

UTS North Sydney 4/336 (cc) JN James 10W1 J Avendano 69 TA Jagot 64 A Bariol 47 TL Reynolds 29* L Ford 2/81 def Western Suburbs 9/279 (cc) JA Clarke 79 JG Psarakis 52 M Chamberlain 41 CJ Hotham 31 IW Taylor 29 R Aitken 5/42 M Jenkins 2/42 at Bon Andrews Oval (North Sydney #2)

Sutherland 153 T Pinson 42* J Arnold 27 K Padmanabhan 4/20 CP Tremain 3/42 def by UNSW 7/262 (cc) JR Attenborough 71 BJ McLean 46 SU Hassan 39 TJ Scoble 34 K Padmanabhan 26* P Jassal 4/41 T Pinson 2/56 at Glenn McGrath Oval

St George 5/205 M Hopkins 60 BD Macdonald 53 K Phillips 41* def Parramatta 204 S Copperfield 56 D Kant 37 L Hodges 32 H Goulstone 32 N Stapleton 3/29 K Phillips 2/17 T McKenzie 2/27 at Hurstville Oval

Manly-Warringah 118 SA Rodgie 4/18 LP Fisher 2/30 def by Northern District 3/121 CJ Green 42* SA Rodgie 40* Manly Oval

Campbelltown-Camden 153 N Appleton 77 L Courtney 3/29 JM Wholohan 2/17 AJ Van Den Nieuwboer 2/26 C Sammut 2/31 def by Hawkesbury 4/202 (cc) RR Hicks 54* P Moore 50 R Mizzi 29 Raby Oval 1

Fairfield-Liverpool 3/221 (cc) LP Ohrynowsky 109 Y Sharma 94* def Penrith 9/220 (cc) J Browne 58 RC Smith 45 L Doddrell 31 T Liddiard 26 H Railz 25 A Nair 3/29 JN Burke 2/44 at Rosedale Oval

Luke Ohrynowsky had a brilliant day out for Fairfield Liverpool in round one.

Sydney University 201 LS Robertson 51 RE Felsch 4/37 AD Glendenning 2/30 JA Nisbet 2/32 CA Di Blasio 2/48 def by Sydney 5/204 (cc) MJ Rodgers 79* RE Felsch 53 BR McClintock 31 RF McElduff 3/29 at University Oval, Sydney University

Eastern Suburbs 3/156 BJ Holt 64 N Taylor 49* WA Simpson 28* def Bankstown 150 J Cormack 75 E Deal 27 RJ O’Beirne 3/19 MA Atallah 3/24 WA Simpson 2/23 S Skelly 2/26 at Waverley Oval

Gordon 9/239 (cc) M Newman 66 J Ritchie 31 QL Titterton 27 A Riaz 3/55 H Verma 3/60 S Raval 2/45 def Blacktown Mounties 174 S Doshi 39 H Singh 37 J Fawcett 27 DJ Hunter 4/51 J Saggers 2/33 QL Titterton 2/43.

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